Bakong, Roulos Group, 11/14/08

We biked out to the Rolous group and walked around the temples. Bakong was huge and very peaceful - a lot of room and not a lot of people. We also biked along the back roads and found Prasat Olok, a fairly disintegrated temple alongside the road. It was a beautiful bike ride and awesome to see this ruin right on the side of the road. Complete with cows! Roluos Group was the capital of Indravarman I (877 to 889). These were the first temples built to last and are made of brick with some carved plaster reliefs. The group is made up of the three temples of Preah Ko, Bakong, and Lolei. Many of the later temples in the Angkor group are based on these earlier temples though rather then brick.